Jason: 4594 books
by Jason Wallace
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2015
Beginning around World War I, due to so many problems at home and so much seeming to be offered in the North, scores of African-Americans left the South and headed to the big cities across the Mason-Dixon, among them, Chicago. Chicago provided, they thought, so much that they couldn't get elsewhere....
Social Media in the Classroom
Why Ontario Students Are Failing in the Real World
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2012
We have all heard that our students are losing the ability to think for themselves, but what can we do to change that? Written by an educator on the front lines, Social Media in the Classroom: Why Ontario Students Are Failing in the Real World takes a strong stand on issues such as standardized testing,...
Why Are You So Sad?
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2014
"Jason Porter could find a place on the shelf beside Richard Brautigan, George Saunders, and David Sedaris. This is a quick, odd, wonderful book, one that pinned me back on my heels and made me laugh."
–Colum McCann, author of Let the Great World Spin
Have we all sunken into a species-wide...
by Jason C. Meyer
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Commonly understood as the first theologian of the Christian faith, Paul set forth the categories by which we describe our relationship with Christ. Did he understand the new covenant Jesus announced at the Last Supper primarily as a replacement of the old Mosaic covenant God made with Israel, or...
by Jason Lehman
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2014
A flash of light catches Joseph's eye while he's in his Carnegie Hall dressing room. Joseph's mind flashes back to his youthful days at the family home in the country. Notwithstanding his father's death, his mother's sexual abuse and her mental challenges, he was able to rise above this to become...
Dark Waters (The Expedition Trilogy, Book 1)
True Story of the First Human-Powered Circumnavigation of the Earth
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
“This is a delightful and funny adventure ... It is also lonely, dangerous and frightening.”—THE LONDON TIMES
He survived a terrifying crocodile attack off Australia’s Queensland coast, blood poisoning in the middle of the Pacific, malaria in Indonesia and China, and...
Smiling All the Way to the Scale
How Gastric Bypass Surgery Saved My Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2011
When author Jason U. Terry works out at the gym, he feels like a rock star on tour, but that hasnt always been the case. In 2006, he weighed 416 pounds and felt like a prisoner trapped inside of a body he didnt recognize in the mirror. Because of his weight, Terry suffered from dire health issues...
Vows of Silence
The Abuse of Power in the Papacy of John Paul II
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2004
Going deep behind the headlines about scandals in the Catholic Church, Jason Berry and Gerald Renner's Vows of Silence follows the staggering trail of evasions and deceit that leads directly to the Vatican -- and taints the legacy of Pope John Paul II. Based on more than six years of investigative...
Island
A Story of the Galápagos
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
Charles Darwin first visited the Galápagos Islands almost 200 years ago, only to discover a land filled with plants and animals that could not be found anywhere else on earth. How did they come to inhabit the island? How long will they remain?
Thoroughly researched and filled with intricate...
Pocket Guide to Sainthood
The Field Manual for the Super-Virtuous Life
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2009
"Boyett's witty, weird, and sometimes even wise Pocket Guides are proof that the best things do come in small packages." —Daniel Radosh, author, Rapture Ready!
We name our cities, hospitals, and churches after them. We flock to shrines bearing their remains. We ask for their help...
Spark
Transform Your World, One Small Risk at a Time
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
Develop the Art of Self-Challenge
Tired of dreaming about changing your life? Ready to change it? You came to the right place.
Jason Jaggard has developed a simple, direct way to practice the art of self-challenge. It requires a willingness to take healthy risks and is energized by the involvement...
by Jason B. Duesing,Thomas White,Malcolm B. Yarnell
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
A recent conference at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary featured speakers addressing topics set forth in the article on "The Church" in the Southern Baptist Convention's Baptist Faith and Message statement. Upon This Rock gathers those presentations and answers such questions as: What is the...
The Seven Prayers God Always Answers
God's Promises for Everyone, Everywhere, Every Time
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2011
The author asks readers: What prayer do you want answered? If you could sit down with God over a cup of coffee, how would you respond if He asked you, "What do you want me to do for you?" What would you ask? The author believes these questions could usher in the greatest breakthrough of...
by Jason M. H. Gaines
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2015
Applying criteria for the identification of biblical Hebrew poetry, Jason M. H. Gaines distinguishes a nearly complete poetic Priestly stratum in the Pentateuch (“Poetic P”), coherent in literary, narrative, and ideological terms, from a later prose redaction (“Prosaic P”), which is fragmentary,...